Witchcraft, retail, and the chaos of staying true to yourself. Meredith Alloway has a clear fascination with constructed realities. Her previous short work often examined the facades people build, the performance of identity in spaces designed to contain them. She looks for the tension where a character’s inner world grinds … Forbidden Fruits Review: Mall Culture Meets Coven ChaosRead more
The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to Be by David L. Tamarin Joe X’s “Richard Speck Murders Re-Enacted” is the Citizen Kane of snuff films, so I had high expectations for his newest feature, “IRS Agent in Basement.” He did not let me down, and “IRS Agent” is a … The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to BeRead more
Survival instincts, scarce water, and a world you’ve seen before. Water is the oldest weapon. Strip a society of it, and everything collapses, quickly and brutally. That premise sits at the core of The Well, a 2024 post-apocalyptic survival film directed by Hubert Davis. In a genre already crowded with … The Well (2024) Review: A Familiar Apocalypse That Plays It Too SafeRead more
The game is bigger. The billionaires are worse. The catharsis is real. Ready or Not 2 Review: A Cathartic Horror Comedy That Delivers The year 2019 introduced audiences to Grace, a bride who spent her wedding night fighting for survival against her newly inherited family of Satanists. Ready or Not became an … Ready or Not 2 Review: A Cathartic Horror Comedy That DeliversRead more
If you can’t beat them, be them. The cost is everything. Amy Wang’s debut feature, Slanted, opens with a child pulling at the corners of her eyes. It is a moment of cruelty so specific and so tired that it immediately establishes the film’s thesis: the world is not built for … Slanted Review: The High School Satire That Replaces Laughs With WoundsRead more
Folk horror returns to Derby with Oscar contenders and a killer book bundle giveaway. Darkness in the Fields 2026: Full Lineup, Tickets, and Exclusive Book Bundle Giveaway The Darkness in the Fields Film Festival returns to Derby’s QUAD cinema on 21st March 2026 for its third year, cementing its status as a … Darkness in the Fields 2026: Full Lineup, Tickets, and Exclusive Book Bundle GiveawayRead more
Stifler goes slasher in this gruesome tribute to 70s grindhouse terror. Dolly Review: Seann William Scott Faces Terrifying Horror in 2026’s Grittiest Slasher The 2026 horror gets a brutal, grimy new entry this week with the release of Dolly, a film generating significant buzz for its post-Terrifier gore and relentless tension. Directed … Dolly Review: Seann William Scott Faces Terrifying Horror in 2026’s Grittiest SlasherRead more
Five films. Forty years. One very tall problem. A spherical journey through cinema’s most wonderfully confusing nightmare. There are certain horror franchises that play by the rules, and then there’s Phantasm, a series that seems to have been dreamt up by a feverish raccoon on a three-day bender after watching too … The Phantasm Franchise: A Spherical Journey Through Cinematic InsanityRead more
Dolly Review: Grindhouse style meets extreme brutality in this twisted fairy tale. If your taste in horror skews toward the gritty, sweaty, and unapologetically nasty side of the 1970s, then Rod Blackhurst’s Dolly is a film that deserves a spot on your watchlist. This new 2026 horror film wears its influences on its blood-soaked … Dolly Review: A Grindhouse Horror Fairy Tale That Goes for the JugularRead more
A bloody comfort food homecoming that prioritises legacy over innovation. Scream 7 Review: Is it The Homecoming For the Franchise? The release of Scream 7 marks a pivotal, and arguably chaotic, moment for a franchise that has historically defied the odds. For nearly thirty years, since Wes Craven’s 1996 masterpiece redefined the … Scream 7 Review: Is it The Homecoming For the Franchise?Read more
Ditching the Cenobites for private eyes and practical magic. You can spot them immediately. The ones who discovered Clive Barker through Hellraiser tend to worship at the altar of Pinhead, the Cenobites, and that particular brand of S&M cosmology. Then you have the ones who came for Candyman, finding a tragic monster in … Why Lord of Illusions (1995) Remains Clive Barker‘s Finest FilmRead more
True crime, pagan revival, and cinema collide in this jaw-dropping documentary. The Last Sacrifice is sometimes clunky in its true crime format. It’s trying too hard to be scary. The approach doesn’t always suit the material, because the wild cinematic crossover with nonfiction is exponentially more interesting, and no crime was … The Last Sacrifice Review: The Unsolved Murder That Haunted British Folk HorrorRead more
Psycho Killer, a taut but flawed thriller that swaps the sophistication of Seven for a Satanic cliché, driven by a strong lead in Georgina Campbell From the writer who defined 90s cinematic darkness comes a new slasher that attempts to revisit the gritty serial killer thriller. Andrew Kevin Walker, the … Psycho Killer Review: A Satanic Slasher Caught Between Seven and StereotypeRead more
Beyond I Love You to Death: The Most Heartbreaking Romances in Horror The Fright Club Podcast are looking at heartbreak in horror for Valentine’s Day! Not unrequited love turned to stalkerism, because that’s been done to death and it’s not romantic. But the heartbreak and longing of love and loneliness. … Beyond I Love You to Death: The Most Heartbreaking Romances in HorrorRead more
The Bloody Benchmark: The Best Horror Movies of 2025 and Why 2026 is Already Twitching You know, it’s funny. You spend a whole year bracing for the worst, and somehow horror movies end up being the best part of it. Let’s just put it out there: 2025 was a monster … The Best Horror Movies of 2025 and Why 2026 is Already TwitchingRead more
